词汇 | float |
释义 | float | BrE fləʊt, AmE floʊt | A. intransitive verb ① (be suspended on liquid, in air) «swimmer, object» 浮 ▸ wood floats 木头可以浮起来 ▸ he was floating on his back 他仰面浮在水上 ② (move on liquid or in air) «ship, log, swimmer» 漂浮 ; «feather, smoke, music» 飘浮 ; figurative «ideas, visions» 浮现 ▸ the body floated (back) up to the surface 尸体浮上水面 ▸ clouds floated across the sky 云在空中飘过 ▸ thoughts of lazy summer afternoons floated through his head figurative 慵懒夏日午后的种种思绪浮现在他的脑海中 ▸ the faint sound of voices came floating across the water 微弱的说话声从水面的另一端飘来 ③ (move gracefully) 飘然走动 ▸ she floated down the stairs 她飘然走下台阶 ④ Finance «currency» 浮动 B. transitive verb ① (suspend) 使…浮起 ‹vessel, raft, log›▸ to float the cream on top of the soup 使奶油浮在汤的表面 ② (cause to move) «current, person» 使…漂流 ‹boat, cargo, feather›▸ the trees are cut down, then floated downstream to the sawmill 这些树被砍倒后顺流而下漂到锯木厂 ③ figurative (propose) 提出 ‹idea, project›④ Finance (offer shares in) «person, company» 发行 ‹shares, securities›; 使…上市 ‹company›⑤ Finance (allow to vary) «government, country» 使…浮动 ‹currency›C. noun ① Fishing 浮子 ② British (swimmer's aid) 浮板 ③ (in cistern, carburettor) 浮球 ④ Aviation 浮筒 ⑤ Biology 浮囊 ⑥ (decorated truck) 彩车 ▸ a carnival float 狂欢节彩车 ⑦ British Motor Vehicles 电动车 ▸ a milk float 送奶电动车 ⑧ British (for expenses, in till) 备用零钱 ▸ a cash float 备用现金 ⑨ Building 镘刀 ⑩ US Cooking 加冰激凌的饮料 PHRASAL VERBS float about, float around intransitive verb ① (circulate) «idea, news» 传播 ▸ there's a rumour floating about that he's going to be sacked 有传闻说他将被解雇 ② (move aimlessly) 闲荡 ; (move gracefully) 飘然走动 ▸ he just floats about the house all day 他只是整天在屋子里游荡 ▸ grandiose ideas were floating about in his mind figurative 他的头脑中浮现着一些华而不实的构想 ③ informal (be somewhere) «pen, glasses» 在近处 ▸ have you seen my keys floating about? 你在附近看见我的钥匙了吗? float away intransitive verb ① (on water) «vessel, leaf» 漂走 ; (in air) «balloon, feather, leaf» 飘走 ② (move) «person» 飘然离去 float off A. intransitive verb ① = float away② Nautical «vessel, wreck» 浮离 ▸ we had to wait for the tide so that we could float off the reef 我们必须等到涨潮才能浮离暗礁 B. transitive verb [float sth off, float off sth] «sailor, tide» 使…浮离 ‹vessel, wreck› |
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